The series of five stamps launched will cost 6.20 euros, and the stamps are expected to go on sale from March 25.

Chocoholics around the world will certainly relish the news. Belgium has launched a new stamp with a chocolate taste in the glue of the stamps, said a media report.

The report citing Belgian postal service said: "We have added a chocolate taste to the glue of the stamps... which you can taste when you lick it," adding "The stamps are also imbued with the smell."

The design side of the stamp reportedly carries pictures of chocolate in various forms.

The series of five stamps launched will reportedly cost 6.20 euros. The stamps are expected to go on sale from March 25.

The Belgian postal service further said: "It was not easy to get the scent and flavour of the dark chocolate right. In the end, people from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland all worked on it."

It added: "It is not the first scented stamp ... but this time it has been combined with a flavour."

The chocolate stamps have been launched to celebrate the countryâ€™s popular national delicacy.

Last year, the Grimsby Telegraph proved it had a good nose for a story after launching a bread-infused scratch and sniff edition.